The vice president of the Small and medium enterprises association, Eduardo Fernándezwarned of the difficulties in maintaining productive activity and the financing difficultieswithin the framework of the recession facing the sector.
In dialogue with Radio RivadaviaFernández said: “The future is gloomy. The credit, which was one of the engines of the domestic market, today It is totally discarded for both consumption and companies’ financing “.
The leader said that the financial system numbers were aggravated: “At the beginning of August the total lace was 30% and 9% bonds. We are going to close the month with 53.5% and 18.5%, respectively. This means real rates impossible to face “, He warned.
In that sense, he presented the difficulties to continue production and explained: “It is not only difficult to sustain production, but now We have a restrictive financial system that seeks to save yourself, but suffocate the productive apparatus. “
Fernández also warned of the workers’ situation: “Labor mobility will be down. SMEs are in a borderline situation: they don’t want to say goodbye, but they can’t hold their templates. In addition, behind the closure of each company there are family stories and regional economies that disappear. “
Finally, he drew a parallel with the 2001 crisis: “When the figures are since, the real economy is measured, We will find a disaster comparable to that of that time. Today the country is destroying employment and closing companies that took decades to consolidate “.
SMEs: They warn that 33% of companies have already lost market at the hands of importation
He 33% of small and medium -sized industrial companies lost market at the hands of imported products During the second quarter in relation to the previous period, according to the last report of the Pyme Observatory Foundation.
The study conducted 407 companies representative of the industrial complex indicates that the amount of SMEs that perceives importing threat rose to 45%, Which represents the highest level since 2007, while 33% say they lost market, the second most important brand since the first quarter of 2017.
Looking by sectors, 51% of textile and footwear companies resigned a market; 42% of metalworking; 37% in rubber and chemicals; 31% in furniture and wood and 10% in the food and beverage sector.
He 73.3% of companies have China the main threat, followed by Brazil, with 16.6%. Meanwhile, 45% believe that imported ones compete unfairly, 35% say that foreign products or comply with technical standards and 17% smuggling.
As a result, the report indicates that The occupation of industrial SMEs dropped 4.7% in the second quarter compared to the same period last yearwhich marked 9 quarters of fall. On average, 25% of the companies said they decreased their personnel plant.
INDEC’s official data reveal that “June imports reached a total of US $ 6,370 million, which represented an interannual increase of 35.9%. This growth is attributed to a 53.2% increase in amounts and a decrease in 11% prices.
When imports are analyzed by economic use Consumer goods is 14% almost double the last yearwhich was 8%. Pieces and accessories represent 19%; intermediate goods 33%; Fuels and lubricants 5.1% and capital goods, 19%.
From the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) they commented that “the industry faces a rise in internal costs that has a negative impact on competitiveness of national production, together with a lower level internal demand mainly for greater competition compared to the importation of finished goods. “During the first half of the year, imports of consumer goods reached US $ 5,268 million. This marks a 32% rise against 2023, When the industrial production recorded a 10% drop In the same period, ”they detailed from the Fabrile Central.
Source: Ambito
